Wigner Function of Observed Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03885v1
• Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:49:01 GMT
• Title: Wigner Function of Observed Quantum Systems
• Authors: Juan Camilo López Carreño,
• Abstract summary: Wigner function was introduced as an attempt to describe quantum mechanical fields with the tools inherited from classical statistical mechanics. I show that the Wigner function can still expose the quantumness of the radiation field, even if the detection has finite spectral resolution.
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• Abstract: The Wigner function was introduced as an attempt to describe quantum mechanical fields with the tools inherited from classical statistical mechanics. In particular, it is widely used to describe properties of radiation fields. In fact, a useful way to distinguish between classical and nonclassical states of light is to ask whether their Wigner function has a Gaussian profile or not, respectively. In this manuscript, I use the basis of Fock states to provide the closed-form expression for the Wigner function of an arbitrary quantum state. Further, to illustrate the power of my expression, I provide the Wigner function of the most fundamental quantum system: Resonance Fluorescence. Thus, I discuss the conditions to obtain negative-valued Wigner function and the relation that they have with population inversion. Finally, I tackle the problem of the observation of the radiation field, introducing physical detectors into the description of the emission. Notably, I show that the Wigner function can still expose the quantumness of the radiation field, even if the detection has finite spectral resolution.

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